The Lid is On

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This flagship podcast series from UN News takes its name from the words that correspondents at UN Headquarters in New York hear each night, at the end of the working day. We highlight the in-depth human stories behind the UN’s work and the way that it touches and impacts ordinary lives around the world.

Episode Date
A city with a global vision: New York, the United Nations, and the post-war dream of peace
Mar 23, 2026
Young leaders expand the circles of peace
Dec 21, 2025
PODCAST: Turning climate stories into climate action
Oct 31, 2025
PODCAST: Space exploration is ‘not a luxury’ but essential for life on Earth
Oct 29, 2025
The unstoppable rise of renewables
Oct 24, 2025
PODCAST: The truth is out there
Oct 17, 2025
‘Time running out to locate Syria’s missing’, warns head of UN-backed body
Oct 08, 2025
WATCH: Foreign armies creating ‘never-ending cycle of violence’ in Syria
Sep 26, 2025
WATCH: ‘Football saved my life’ says genocide survivor
Sep 26, 2025
Where are Haiti’s gangs getting their weapons?
Sep 26, 2025
WATCH: Peace and reconciliation in Kosovo ‘starts with youth’
Sep 26, 2025
Trinidad fights back against a plastic invasion
Sep 26, 2025
Geothermal promises to turn Dominica into a clean energy powerhouse
Sep 26, 2025
Trinidad’s young climate activists make the case for urgent action
Sep 26, 2025
Dominica’s Digital Transformation
Sep 26, 2025
PODCAST: Bringing order to the AI ‘Wild West’
Sep 26, 2025
PODCAST: Eight decades on, we need the UN more than ever
Sep 26, 2025
International community prepares to tackle marine life extinction threat
Jun 06, 2025
Global shipping faces a climate reckoning
May 15, 2025
The $300,000 scam that entrapped a US-based woman from Thailand
Apr 21, 2025
‘If countries stop playing by trade rules, poorer countries will suffer’
Mar 27, 2025
Is feminism under attack?
Mar 06, 2025
COP29 delivers climate finance boost, but much more needed to help developing nations cope with the crisis
Nov 24, 2024
Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to halt the man-made climate crisis?
Nov 15, 2024
Focus on the Future: Peace, out
Sep 27, 2024
Focus on the Future: A world in dangerous waters
Sep 26, 2024
Focus on the Future: The World arrives
Sep 25, 2024
Focus on the Future: Ascending the Summit
Sep 24, 2024
Focus on the Future: Signed, sealed, delivered
Sep 23, 2024
Trailer: The daily UNGA High-Level Week podcast
Sep 19, 2024
‘New models’ for UN peacekeeping to support safer and more equitable world
Sep 18, 2024
UN humanitarians fight for women’s rights in crisis zones
Sep 17, 2024
The power of our choices: from war-torn childhood to Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Aug 12, 2024
Holding back the winds of change in Madagascar…with the sisal plant
Jun 17, 2024
Can Dominica’s Indigenous community cope with the next hurricane?
May 22, 2024
Can oil producers wean themselves off polluting fossil fuels?
May 21, 2024
PODCAST: Breaking barriers around teen pregnancy in Thailand
Dec 23, 2023
PODCAST: Crises and international division ‘challenging’ says UN peacekeeping chief
Dec 12, 2023
PODCAST: Nevermind the guest list, deliver on SDGs says Guterres
Sep 18, 2023
PODCAST: UN boosts fight against drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle
Jun 24, 2023
PODCAST: Can young leaders help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Jun 23, 2023
PODCAST: A new generation of SDG champions picks up the baton
Jun 16, 2023
PODCAST: Youth leaders fighting for a better world
Jun 09, 2023
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Development
Jun 02, 2023
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Principles
May 26, 2023
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Integrity
May 19, 2023
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Restoring hope
May 12, 2023
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Standing up for people in crisis
May 05, 2023
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories - Eritrea
Apr 28, 2023
PODCAST: The future of water
Apr 21, 2023
PODCAST: Keeping cross-border water cooperation flowing
Apr 14, 2023
PODCAST: Working together to halt the global water crisis
Apr 07, 2023
PODCAST : Resurgence of The Gambia – Support for job creators
Mar 31, 2023
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Bringing it all back home
Mar 24, 2023
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Meeting the climate challenge
Mar 17, 2023
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Tackling period poverty
Mar 10, 2023
PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – A small country with big ambitions
Mar 03, 2023
PODCAST: Top UN official in Ukraine reflects on a year of war and suffering
Feb 24, 2023
PODCAST: The link between migration, the climate crisis, and human rights
Feb 17, 2023
PODCAST: Meet the Special Rapporteurs, independent advocates for human rights
Feb 10, 2023
PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap
Feb 03, 2023
PODCAST: A UN wish come true
Jan 27, 2023
PODCAST: Making the news at the UN
Jan 20, 2023
PODCAST: Getting the word out – letting the world know how the UN is making a difference
Jan 13, 2023
PODCAST: A New Year, Palais des Nations special, with Daniel Johnson
Jan 06, 2023
PODCAST: A multilingual look back at 2022!
Dec 23, 2022
PODCAST: Seeking Peace episode 5
Dec 23, 2022
PODCAST: Seeking Peace episode 4
Dec 22, 2022
PODCAST: Seeking Peace episode 3
Dec 21, 2022
PODCAST: Seeking Peace episode 2
Dec 20, 2022
PODCAST: Seeking Peace episode 1
Dec 19, 2022
A new series from UN Podcasts: UNiting Against Hate
Dec 16, 2022
PODCAST: The power of dialogue to bring peace
Dec 09, 2022
COP27 EXTRA BONUS PODCAST: Heart to Hart
Dec 02, 2022
A new series from UN Podcasts: amplifyHER
Nov 25, 2022
COP27 BONUS PODCAST: Early like Sunday morning
Nov 20, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Delayed ratification
Nov 18, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Exit ramps off the climate hell highway
Nov 17, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: From the Ocean to the Amazon – biodiversity in crisis
Nov 16, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Gas lingers on energy day
Nov 15, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Manels, mansplaining and Mary Robinson
Nov 14, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Beans, bugs, and a better deal for farmers
Nov 12, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Now the hard work begins
Nov 11, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: The appliance of science
Nov 10, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Polluter pays?
Nov 09, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Net-zero promises or greenwashing scams?
Nov 08, 2022
COP27 PODCAST: Lost and damaged
Nov 07, 2022
PODCAST: Will climate promises be kept at COP27?
Nov 04, 2022
PODCAST: Can we end torture?
Oct 28, 2022
PODCAST: Climate, conflict, and human rights at risk
Oct 21, 2022
PODCAST: Breaking the silence of poverty
Oct 14, 2022
PODCAST: Time to take out the space trash
Oct 07, 2022
PODCAST: Fighting the online terror threat
Oct 01, 2022
PODCAST: Driving the climate agenda at UNGA77
Sep 23, 2022
PODCAST: Avoiding ‘climate suicide’, transforming education, fighting hate speech – exclusive Guterres interview
Sep 19, 2022
PODCAST: A moment of peace before world leaders arrive at UN HQ
Sep 16, 2022
PODCAST: Time to transform education
Sep 09, 2022
PODCAST: Polluted air still kills millions, but solutions are on the horizon
Sep 02, 2022
PODCAST: Acknowledging the ‘moral wound’ of slavery
Aug 26, 2022
PODCAST: The electronic sounds of pan-African collaboration
Aug 19, 2022